PgCert Small Animal Surgery

Postgraduate Certificate in Small Animal Surgery

Develop Your Surgical Skills and Become a Super Small Animal Surgeon in just 12 Months!

Reserve your place now on the intake starting in September 2026 by choosing the payment option that suits you best. You can either secure your place with a deposit, which will be deducted from your CPD Solutions course fee, or pay the full CPD Solutions course fee online and receive your 10% full-payment saving automatically. When you choose to pay in full, your CPD Solutions Course Fee is £10,302.30 + VAT instead of £11,447 + VAT, a saving of £1144.70 + VAT.

Once your booking is complete, we’ll guide you step-by-step through the next stages of your enrolment and university registration. Please note that there is a separate university registration fee which is not included in the CPD Solutions course fee.

Now includes an approved PgCert Synoptic Pathway award for vets who want their qualification to support a future application for RCVS Advanced Practitioner status.

One programme. Two pathways.

Our PgCert in Small Animal Surgery remains the same highly practical, work-based postgraduate programme at its core.

You can choose the route that best fits your professional goals:

Standard PgCert Pathway
For vets who want to develop their small animal surgery skills and gain a university-validated PgCert. This pathway remains focused on practical clinical development, case-based learning and reflective practice, with no formal final exam.

PgCert Synoptic Pathway
For vets who want their qualification to support a future application for RCVS Advanced Practitioner status. This pathway includes an additional synoptic assessment after successful completion of the taught modules, allowing students to demonstrate integrated clinical reasoning and apply their learning to new case scenarios.

Passing the Synoptic Pathway award means the qualification can be used as part of an application for RCVS Advanced Practitioner status, subject to meeting the wider RCVS criteria.

Your deposit secures your place and will be deducted from the full course fee. You’ll then be guided step-by-step through the next stages of your enrolment and university registration.

Why Choose this PgCert?

• You’ll enjoy ten full days of hands-on practical training with direct help from our expert and approachable tutors
• This is the most practical PgCert in Surgery in the UK – ideal for those who learn by doing rather than sitting through endless lecture days
• Travel just three times – your attendance days are grouped, enabling you to focus fully on your learning, away from the distractions of home and work.
• Achieve your valuable PgCert qualification in just 12 months
• Enjoy full support from our superb tutors and team before, during and after your PgCert with your alumni programme benefits

PgCert Fees

CPD Solutions Fee: £11,447 + VAT (your deposit will be deducted and the balance is payable in full or instalments)
University Registration Fee: £2,750 (UK students) / £4,400 (EU/International students). No VAT applies.

You can save 10% on your course fee when you pay your invoice in full within 2 weeks of receipt, or when you pay online in full. Your payment is then £10,302.30 + VAT instead of £11,447 + VAT, a saving of £1,144.70 + VAT. There are also options to spread your payments – please ask us for details. If you choose to spread your payments, your CPD Solutions course fee is £11,447 + VAT – there is no administration charge for spreading your payments.

Full course details of this PgCert are available on the PgCert Small Animal Surgery Course page.
Are You Ready To Start Your PgCert in Small Animal Surgery? Take the 3 Minute Test To Find Out!

Course format: Directed and self-directed learning including extensive online resources combined with three practical attendance sessions at the CPD Solutions Training Centre, Studley, Warwickshire.

2026 PgCertSurg Practical Attendance Dates
Module 1: 15th – 18th Sep 2026 (4 days)
Module 2: 13th – 15th Jan 2027 (3 days)
Module 3: 12th – 14th May 2027 (3 days)

Testimonials

“The course was incredibly well organised, provided excellent practical and theory sessions as well as access to multiple learning resources. The tutors were very knowledgeable and approachable. This course has definitely enabled me to enhance my surgical skills and confidence. I highly recommend this PgCert.” Marina Papa MRCVS

“Thank you kindly for the super course – very pleased to see how far it has taken me in my professional development.” Sally Potter MRCVS

“Thoroughly enjoyed the practical sessions learning to reflect not just at essay time but day-to-day! Excellent content and relevance to first opinion practice. Very well organised. Good facilities. Brilliant staff.” Liam O’Connor MRCVS

“Amazing course, I would recommend to everyone wanting to massively advance their skills and knowledge!” Emily Copp MRCVS

“Learned loads and all staff were amazing and helpful.” Gary Kelly MRCVS

“Very practical, excellent all round. Love the reflective aspect, helps a lot more to appreciate best practice better.” Michelle Frayne MRCVS

“I have really enjoyed the course. The content has been so useful, with a large amount of practical content and the opportunity to perform all the procedures in the wet lab which has been invaluable. All the speakers were great and so helpful and patient, and spent a really good amount of time with each person giving one to one help during the practicals.” Selina Rumbold MRCVS

“Great balance of theory, practicals, research and reflection-helped me develop skills beyond just surgery and helps me to critically evaluate and review my decisions in all aspects of cases. Really accelerated my learning/improvement where this had previously stagnated a little. Very clear and logical approach and delivery.” Laura Adams MRCVS.

“I completely revised our peri-operative protocol of our BOAS surgeries. This has very significantly improved my approach and the approach of my entire practice to our BOAS cases. As we have so many brachycephalic dogs that need help, this is a very exciting development and for this I owe a huge debt of gratitude! I feel very passionately that I would like all my colleagues to benefit from the process of critical reflection and its positive effects on what we are and do for the profession.”Leon Ringelmann MRCVS

“As someone who graduated nearly 20yrs ago, this course has been nothing short of transformative. Really helped me refresh and deepen clinical knowledge, challenged me to reflect more critically on my practice and reignited my passion for surgery. The structure of programme, the quality of teaching and support provided throughout has been outstanding. This is huge step forward in my personal development. This is a big step in achieving RCVS Advanced Practitioner status.” Kishor Mahind MRCVS

“My expectations were satisfied, more than happy, worth the money, thoroughly recommend, [Staff and venue was] best of the best. Already recommended to multiple colleagues.”  Matej Zupanc MRCVS

“Well organised sessions, good selection of procedures to try. Venue is clean, well organised, staff very friendly and helpful. Excellent and will continue to use CPD Solutions for future CPD.” Vikki Moran MRCVS

Are You Ready To Start Your PgCert in Small Animal Surgery? Take the 3 Minute Test To Find Out!

Any questions? Please call us on 0151 328 0444 or email [email protected] and we’ll be delighted to help you.